Dominion News.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4291, 5 January 1910, Page 2

Dominion News.

i By Telegraph.—Press Association, j Auckland, This Day. In the lawn tennis tournament I | Peacock and Fisher, of Wellington, j | beat the Wilding Bros, in the men’s ! j doubles, and Miss Nunnelly won the I ladies’ singles. In the chess tourney Barnes unex- j j pectedly succumbed to Davis at the | | 14th move, leaving Grierson in the ' i lead with seven wins ana two loses, j ! Mason, with a game to play, has six 1 \ wins and two loses. Napier. Last Night. ! 1 Albert Farmery, a youth, who on I Christmas Eve amused himself by | throwing a scale weight at a China- ! man and hitting him in the face, re- j ceived a salutary lesson today, being , bound over for 12 months to keep the j i peace, and lined £5 and costs. Wellington, Last Night. j 1 The steamer Anglo-Saxon, which ' | put back account of an explosion j which resulted in the death of the chief engineer, resumed her voyage to London at 5.30 this morning, repairs having been effected to the damaged machinery. It is understood that the Government does not intend to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr Heywood, Assistant Auditor General. The position, when filled, is permanent, and t h e officer can only be removed by a resolution of both Houses. The value of wool exported from Wellington last year was £1,515,27(5, compared with £1,152,080 in the previous year; butter £346,120, against £213,411; cheese £194.154, against £104,197; beef £137,646, against £85,297; mutton £275,677, against £354,447; lamb £312,205, against £248,160. Palmerston North, Last Night. F. Whitehouse. who was injured when Arcadia fell in the Hack 1 Hurdles race at the Rangitikei races 1 yesterday, died at the hospital at 1 5.30 o’clock this morning without regaining consciousness. Death was due to a fractured skull and hemor--1 rhage of the brain. Christchurch, Last Night. ' The New Zealand Flourmillers’, Association go into voluntary liquidation, and notice has been given for a meeting to be held on the 12th inst. The association is alleged to have ! been working unharmoniously, and a number of mills have been operating ' outside the association. Ashburton, This Day. , As a result of an appeal made by , the Rev. Dr. Gibb at the N.Z. Presi byterian Bible Class Union’s summer I conference last night, it is probable , that two young men members will go to the Otago University with a view to entering the regular ministry of . the Presyterian Church, while two, and probably three, decided to devote themselves to some mission work of , the church. i On Monday morning a young man i named James Johnstone, 18 years of ■ age, son of Mr Christopher John- ; stone, and in the employ of Mr D. G. Wright, of Surrey Hills, went out shepherding, and as be had not returned in the evening, a search party was sent out. and found his horse without its rider about four miles from the homestead. Johnstone was subsequently found dead near the r horse on a small hill. No cause can i be assigned for the fatality, unless ■ the horse stumbled and threw de- » ceased, who was a steady man, and ! conversant with the country. There i is no suspicion of foul play. The New Zealand Presbyterian , Bible-class Union’s annual summer conference has closed, after a most . successful series of gatherings, spread over seven days. On New Year’s ■ Day a sports meeting was held in the > Domain, and yesterday a farewell garden party was given. A telegram of greeting and good wishes was receivi ed from the Prime Minister and an ■ appropriate reply sent. Oamaru, Last Night, i Robert Clark pleaded guilty to 1 forgery of a cheque for £7, and utter- ■ ing it upon Bulleed and Co. Accused ■ was committed to the Supreme Court I for sentence. Invercargill, Last Night. I Sir Joseph Ward has received a cable from General Sir R. S. S. - Baden-Powell, stating that he is de- • lighted at the inclusion of boy scouts in the defence system of New Zealand,